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Kim Woodbridge WordPress Consultant


… And Whiskers on KittensJuly 2

0628081202.jpg (by kwbridge)

I want to give a shout-out to some awesome people that have been really supportive and who I am so glad that I’ve met.

These are all people that I only know virtually - I haven’t met a single one of them in real life. Maybe someday I will.

I can’t possibly include everyone so for now I’ve listed 10.

 

 

  1. If it hadn’t been for Siel from green LA girl, I might not have started freelancing. She sent me a message about working on her site when I was still just thinking about it but hadn’t really started yet. Siel has a wonderful site full of green information for the LA area. She also gives away two freebies each week, so if you live in the US you should definitely head over there and check it out..
  2. Rick, from helpmerick, has a great site with all sorts of computer related tips, recommendations and how-to’s. The information is geared toward beginners but is still really useful. I only met Rick recently but he has quickly become a great online friend and has been very supporti
gReactions: A Firefox Add-on to show Comments and Tweets in Google ReaderJuly 1

Reaction Button (by JDAC)

7/1/09 - Please note that this add-on is not yet compatible with Firefox 3.5, which was released yesterday.

Sometimes people complain that comments aren’t included in their feed reader. I’ve often wondered how hard it is to click from the feed reader to the actual article, but maybe those extra clicks use up a lot of time. I know that if an article in my feed reader really interests me, I WANT to visit the site to read it.

There is a solution to this, however, if you use Firefox and Google Reader. There is a great Firefox add-on that will add comments and tweets to the posts in Google Reader.

 

 


gReactions is an experimental Firefox add-on that will integrate comments with Google Reader.

Install the add-on like any other and then restart Firefox. When you open Google Reader you should see the following at the bottom of each item.

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6 WordPress Themes for Independence Day - 4th of JulyJune 29

Photo: The American Flag of the United States of America (USA Flag) (by jcolman)

Saturday is Independence Day here in the United States. People have cookouts and watch fireworks. It’s a big deal here in Philly and is usually a 7-10 day celebration called Welcome America.

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not a big fan of most holidays. But I thought I would do a search and see what kind of Independence Day and patriotic themes were available. Here are 6 of the best ones that I located.

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4th of July

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(Anti) Social-Lists 6/28/09June 28

Another month has coming to a close. It seems that time just keeps going by faster and faster. Summer has finally set in here and I am trying to keep cool without air conditioning. Once it hits the high 90’s with 90% humidity, I may have to turn it on. But for now I’m trying to conserve money and energy.

  • The Benny Hillifier - Ok. This is super silly. You can take any video and have the Benny Hill theme song play over it. It actually synced really well with Tom Cruise’s dance from Risky Business. I am not a fan of the Benny Hill show but the music always makes me laugh.
  • Warning Label Generator - If you need to create your own warning label, this is the site for you.
  • What Type of Creative Geek Are you? - The 56 Geek Types - The 56 Geek Types Illustrated. Which one or ones are you?
  • Xmlrpc Php Security - If you’ve ever wondered what the xmlrpc.php file, in your WordPress installation, does, this article provides an explanation. You might also want to take a look into the upcoming WordPress book, Digging Into WordPress, written by Jeff Starr and Chris Coyier.
  • 40+ Activities for Kids That Do Not Involve TV, Computer, Wii, or Any Other Screen - Are you kids home from summer vacation and whining at you that they are bored? It’s very easy to simply turn on the tv or a video but Vered has come up with a list of fun activities for kids to do during the summer. This is especially helpful of you work from home and have to get something done.
  • Please Give Just $1 For The Charities That You Help To Choose - The Good Human is one of a number of sites participating in donate $1 and vote for the charity that receives the money. Have an extra $1? I think that’s something we can all manage. The amount is low and we all have a voice in deciding which charity will receive our donations.
  • A scary banana
  • Short clip of an interview with Johnny Depp


WordPress 2.8 Theme Editor ReviewJune 25

Mini highlighters (by Valerie Everett)

One of the new features in WordPress 2.8 is the Syntax Highlighting in the theme and plugin editor. This was one of the features that I was eager to use as it would be more like the way I currently work. The syntax highlighter color codes the components of the code and numbers lines. It also includes a tag/code documentation lookup.

But I have to admit that I am a little disappointed. I’m not quite sure what I expected but I don’t like using it as much as I thought I would. After testing is for a couple of days I’m going to continue to pretty much work in my text editor, Notepad++.

Here are some of the reasons why I’m not all that excited about the new theme and plugin editor.


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  1. The editor has some sort of delay when loading. Maybe this is my site or host but there seems to be a pause when loading the highlighting and the line numbering.
  2. The editor doesn’t have wrapping. I have to scroll over